Category: WeChat

Article Citing 200 Million Chinese Locked Down in April Censored by Communist Regime

A recent analysis by Shanghai-based Metrodata Tech said during the month of April, 200 million people in China were in a “state of quiescence.” This term describes people in lockdown status due to the strict epidemic controls imposed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). City-Data Group, a site within China’s WeChat social media platform, posted…


Outspoken Market Analyst’s Chinese Social Media Accounts Suspended

SHANGHAI—The Chinese social media accounts of an outspoken Hong Kong-based market strategist were suspended after a series of downbeat commentaries and a slump in mainland equities to two-year lows on COVID-19 lockdowns and global political tensions. All content on the WeChat account of Hong Hao, who is head of research at Bocom International Holdings, has…


WeChat Deepens Partnership with the CCP over Digital Yuan Expansion

WeChat, China’s Twitter-like social media app, announced on April 6 that it has embraced digital Chinese yuan in certain pilot regions as part of its intensified cooperation with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In recent years WeChat has increasingly become the regime’s tool for monitoring citizens, censoring speech, and clamping down on dissidents. According to the…


Foreign Interference Ruled out in Australian PM’s WeChat Saga: Home Affairs

Home Affairs officials have said there is no evidence supporting claims that Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s WeChat account was hacked or subject to foreign interference. Senator Kristina Keneally, Australian Labor Party (ALP)’s home affairs spokeswoman who sought a departmental briefing over Morrison’s WeChat account, told the Labor caucus on Monday that there was no evidence…


China’s Tencent Allowed Sale of Australian PM’s 76,000 WeChat Followers

News Analysis Australia’s conservative prime minister, Scott Morrison, got a shock when China’s WeChat social media app gave his 76,000 followers two lousy choices: opt out within 24 hours and get your followers deleted along with Morrison’s account reassignment, or get signed up automatically to the replacement, called “Australia China New Life.” A post delivered…


Australian Prime Minister’s WeChat Account ‘Sold’ to Chinese Businessman

Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s WeChat profile has been “sold” to a Chinese businessperson following revelations the Australian leader’s social media team lost control of his account earlier this month. According to the Daily Telegraph, the account’s name was changed from “Scott Morrison” to “Australian Chinese New Lifestyle.” A search on WeChat for an account under…


Parliamentarian Alleges CCP Hijacked Australian PM Wechat Account

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s official WeChat account has been hijacked and rebranded as a lifestyle page—leading one senator to accuse the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of “foreign interference” during an election year. According to the Daily Telegraph, the agency running the prime minister’s WeChat account reported problems with posting content on the channel in…


MP Alleges Beijing Hijacked Australian PM’s WeChat Account

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s official WeChat account has been hijacked and rebranded as a lifestyle page—leading one senator to accuse the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of “foreign interference” during an election year. According to the Daily Telegraph, the agency running the prime minister’s WeChat account reported problems with posting content on the channel in…


Australian PM’s WeChat Account Hijacked and Rebranded

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s official WeChat account has been hijacked and rebranded as a lifestyle page—leading one senator to accuse the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of “foreign interference” during an election year. According to the Daily Telegraph, the agency running the prime minister’s WeChat account reported problems with posting content on the channel in…


Chinese Economist Banned From Social Media for His Birth Boosting Suggestions

A renowned Chinese economist has been banned from posting on his Twitter-like Weibo and WeChat accounts since Jan. 12, days after publishing his birth rate boosting suggestions. Ren Zeping, a former member of China’s economic think tank and once chief economist of deeply indebted property giant Evergrande, suggested that the Chinese government print 2 trillion…